Some of the best rappers of all time belonged to some of the most iconic crews or record labels.
One of the key requirements of a true rap star is having a posse of rappers, like, a crew, collective, labelmates or proteges.
Often, the collective gets together to record a posse cut where all the emcees shine on one song.
Since the 1970s, some of the best rappers belonged to some of the best crews, which often included a deejay, graffiti artists and dancers.
While the dances might come ago, the songs often stand the test of time.
Therefore, RegalMag.com would like to highlight its 10 favorite hip-hop posse cuts of all time.
Check it out!
- “Bring it On” by Geto Boys featuring Rap-a-Lot All-Stars—By 1993, Rap-a-Lot Records was on a roll thanks to the Geto Boys and solo efforts by each member. On the “Till Death Does Us Part” album, Big Mike had replaced Willie D in Geto Boys. But the hits kept coming in. On the second to last track of the album, GB gave an alley ooop to J. Prince’s talented roster of rappers like 2Low, Seagram, Too Much Trouble, 5th Ward Boys, Odd Squad, Gangsta Nip, DMG, Lord 3-2 and Big Mello. Devin the Dude of Odd Squad let it be known what time he was on when he said he’s smoking weed and feeling fine. Got him a 40 and a fat a$$ dime.
- “Armed Robbery” by Eightball and M.J.G. featuring Thorough, Gillie Da Kid, Toni Hickman and Big Duke)—By the late 1990s, Rap-a-Lot Records no longer had a monopoly on the Houston hip-hop scene. Tony Draper and Suave House had created a movement too thanks to 8Ball and M.J.G. and Tela, who would later sign to Rap-a-Lot. On Ball and G’s Suave Records debut, the Memphis do created a classic with “Armed Robbery” in 1993. By 1999, with the song still popular, the duo released a remix to the song with labelmates Thorough, Gillie ds Kid, Toni Hickman and Big Duke. While not as iconic as the original, the song showcased how talented Draper’s roster was
- “Grand Finlae” by The D.O.C. featuring N.W.A—One of Ice Cube’s last recordings for Ruthless Records was on “The Grand Finale” for The D.O.C.’s epic debut album. Ice Cube was the earlier bird on this M.F. But everyone snapped on this song. It put a foot note on one of the briefest and best runs for a hip-hop crew. Unfortunately, The D.O.C.’s voice got damaged in a car accident and Ice Cube left Ruthless to go solo after a financial dispute. However, it was great to hear The D.O.C. rhyme with N.W.A because he was a ghostwriter and basically the unofficial seventh member of the world’s most dangerous group.
- “The Symphony” by The Juice Crew—In the 1980s, the Juice Crew was one of the baddest collectives in hip-hop. They had one of the best producers in Marley Marl. Additionally, they had a couple of the best emcees of all time with Big Daddy Kane and Kool G Rap. Although No Limit and UGK, with some help from the Juice Crew, put their own twists to the classic, nothing beats the O.G. symphony.
- “Stranded on Death Row” by Dr. Dre featuring Bushwick Bill, Kurupt, The Lady of Rage, RBX and Snoop Dogg—When Dr. Dre left Ruthless Records to start Death Row Records with Suge Knight, hip-hop heads should have known that something epic was on the horizons because everything Dre did had been epic to that point. But few could have known that he would have discovered future legends and some of the most skilled lyricists and producers to fill out the Death Row roster. All of the Death Row inmates had their own sound and skill. And many of them shined on this classic track from “The Chronic” album.
- “Make Up Say Uugh by Master P, Fiend, Silk the Shocker, Mia and Mystikal—These next two song shit differently because No Limit Records and Cash Money Records are currently touring the country together after their epic Verzuz battle earlier this year. Master P made his iconic grunt a trademark of No Limit tracks. So, why not make an anthem around that trademark. Everyone snapped on this song, especially Mia X and Mystikal. But for many fans new to No Limit, this song was their introduction to Fiend, one of the most iconic voices to ever come from the tank.
- “Bling Bling” by B.G. featuring the Big Tymers and Hot Boys—Lil Wayne created a phrase that ended up in the dictionary. That is the definition of legendary. Unfortunately for Hot Boy Turk, he did not make the recording for the radio version, which would have been iconic because his verse was one of the best on the original version of the songs. Nevertheless, Cash Money had too much talent for the matter as Wayne, Big Tymers, Juvenile B.G. gave hip-hop heads another timeless anthem in 1999.
- “Black Ice” by Goodie Mob featuring Outkast—The most talented Southern hip-hop collective from the South was arguably the Dungeon Family. That is why DF helms the second and third spot on this list. Goodie Mob had many classics. But when they teamed up with their little brothers Outkast and big bros Organized Noize, it always resulted in greatness. There had to be something in the mud of the crawl space at The Dungeon (Rico Wade of Organized Noize mother’s old house) because excellence is all the resulted for the boys from The ATL h**.
- “Watch for the Hook” by Cool Breeze featuring Outkast, Witchdoctor and Goodie Mob—If you were of age in the late 1990s and early 200s and from the South and this song was not on repeat, your hip-hop head card should be revoked expeditiously. The song was for Cool Breeze’s debut solo album. And no diss to him, but it is hard to stand out on a track when your big homies are from Outkast and Goodie Mob. Thankfully, there should be no competition amongst family because if one relative succeeds, then all succeed. And Cool Breeze definitely succeeded because he has an all-time banger in his singles discography.
- “Buddy Remix” by Native Tongues—When hip-hop turned 50-years-old, the Grammy Awards aired a special honoring the momentous occasion. Although the tribute consisted of nothing but greatness, there was something about the Native Tongues set that stood out. One of their best contributions to hip-hp was the remix to “Buddy” featuring A Tribe Called Quest, Leaders of the New School and De La Soul. All these decades later, the song still hits the same.
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